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---
title: useOnWindowScroll
tags: hooks,effect,event,intermediate
firstSeen: 2021-12-08T05:00:00-04:00
---
Executes a callback whenever the window is scrolled.
- Use the `useRef()` hook to create a variable, `listener`, which will hold the listener reference.
- Use the `useEffect()` hook and `EventTarget.addEventListener()` to listen to the `'scroll'` event of the `Window` global object.
- Use `EventTarget.removeEventListener()` to remove any existing listeners and clean up when the component unmounts.
```jsx
const useOnWindowScroll = callback => {
const listener = React.useRef(null);
React.useEffect(() => {
if (listener.current)
window.removeEventListener('scroll', listener.current);
listener.current = window.addEventListener('scroll', callback);
return () => {
window.removeEventListener('scroll', listener.current);
};
}, [callback]);
};
```
```jsx
const App = () => {
useOnWindowScroll(() => console.log(`scroll Y: ${window.pageYOffset}`));
return <p style={{ height: '300vh' }}>Scroll and check the console</p>;
};
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
```